G1. Book Publisher Resources

Some good resources to author background, teaching strategies. Just remember their rational for being.....

Critique of diversity in children's literature --inclusion still a problem
http://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/choiceintro14.asp
Apartheid literature NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/the-apartheid-of-childrens-literature.html?_r=1
Where are the people of color in children's books?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/16/opinion/sunday/where-are-the-people-of-color-in-childrens-books.html


CCSS publishers specifications for K-2 texts
http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Publishers_Criteria_for_Literacy_for_Grades_K-2.pdf

Book finder by topic (Harper Collins) http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/Kids/BookFinder/

Authors on the Web http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.html

Teaching Large Multilevel Classes by Natalie Hess. Full of good, pragmatic ideas and examples.

Also Cambridge sells AddVentures, which are multilevel worksheets that go with their textbook (Ventures).

List of publishers
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/sites_publish.html

Some specific publishers

Children's book press (one of my favorites)
http://www.leeandlow.com/p/overview_cbp.mhtml

Random House for Teachers and librarians
http://www.randomhouse.com/teachers/resources/

Scholastic new early reading program

http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/?lnkid=stacks/nav/home/main

National Geographic Inside Books ESL programs for older students of lower levels
http://www.ngsp.com/tabid/1294/Default.aspx

Connect Cambridge ESL Program (see sample)
http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/catalog/subject/project/item2424300/Connect-Product-home/?site_locale=en_US¤tSubjectID=2489423